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I saw an interview with the current head of the Army Corp of Engineers, who have responsibility for the levees in NOLA. He said that it is the policy of the Army Corp of Engineers to protect against the most likely situation. He went on to say that everybody knew the levees were not made to withstand anything higher than a Category 3 hurricane and that 99.5% of the time, this would be sufficient for New Orleans. That is considered an acceptable probability of failure for them. He then said that unfortunately, this was the .5%.
Hopefully, some lessons will be learned from this though. Such as, when there is a mandatory evacuation, we have a responsibility to ensure that all residents have a MEANS of evacuating to shelters where there is a sufficient supply of food and water for everybody.
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